10.18.14 Tree Planting in Rockburn Branch in Patapsco State Park Land off Landing Road in Elkridge

The Patapsco Heritage Greenway sponsored a Tree Planting Event on Saturday, October 18 along the Rockburn Branch of Patapsco Valley State Park off Landing Road in Elkridge. One hundred and twenty four volunteers turned out to plant 50 trees in this area. There were 20 Red Maples, 15 Swamp Oaks and 15 American Sycamore trees planted.

Participating groups came from PHG, HCC Stem, HCC Rouse, Howard High School, HCC Environmental Science, UMBC, Girl Scout Troop 686, CCBC, FCC, and MD DNR. Thank you to all the additional volunteers who came to help with this event!

A special thank you to our Stream Captains - Jessica Cox, Humon Heidarian, Josh Marcus, Betsy McMillion, Pete McCallum, Brain Curley, Carol Curley, Justin McMillion, Yinan Zhang, Steve Wachs, Tim Titus, Brittany Budden, Megan Kratz, Chuck Bragg, Richard Ellsberry, Mara Dunnigan, Ted Willard, Kathy Younkin- whose hard work made this a successful event! We also want to thank Patapsco Valley State Park rangers for all their assistance in helping us get ready for this planting, Lee Moser for picking up and delivering the fencing, and both Grace Episcopal and Faith Bible Churches for allowing our volunteers to use their parking lots!